many thanks for this,its a blast to watch these guys again,laurie d has always been a fav of mine and stacey j.i dont remember the final score so its as if im watching it play out for the first time.
I was at this game as a 15 year old. It was a stacked Aussie team and my favourite players at the time as a Panthers fan were Gower and Girdler. Super League had better rep fixtures than the ARL but the ARL had the more competitive club competition.
One thing I remember about the season was that most league analyst and experts agreed that the arl comp seemed to overall be a better comp then sl. Now remember that sl had the better players overall but what sl done was make too many rule changes which people did not like. I personally thought sl had a real vision to make the game global and it's a pity not everyone got behind sl because I believe rugby league globally would now be on par with rugby union.
@Troy Staunton here's a little quiz for you. What do those players have that Stacey doesn't ? When you find the answer to that you'll find the answer to your question.
Crazy when you look on paper at how strong this aussie team was and realise it was picked from super league only players. Outside of gene ngamu this was a very talented kiwi team and still we got owned. Having no ridge was a blow but Barnett was probably our best player that night.
It's probably fair to say the SL club season wasn't as interesting as the ARL comp because the Broncos were by far the best team and they won the GF against Cronulla pretty easily too...but from memory the SL rep games were better quality than the ARL. They had far better test matches and also the Tri-Series final between NSW and QLD, NSW won in an extra time which went for over 20 minutes.
many thanks for this,its a blast to watch these guys again,laurie d has always been a fav of mine and stacey j.i dont remember the final score so its as if im watching it play out for the first time.
Played in '97 but filmed with a camera from '47. RIP Q
yeah well sometimes we got to be happy with what we get,you could always go find another copy.
I was at this game as a 15 year old. It was a stacked Aussie team and my favourite players at the time as a Panthers fan were Gower and Girdler. Super League had better rep fixtures than the ARL but the ARL had the more competitive club competition.
One thing I remember about the season was that most league analyst and experts agreed that the arl comp seemed to overall be a better comp then sl. Now remember that sl had the better players overall but what sl done was make too many rule changes which people did not like. I personally thought sl had a real vision to make the game global and it's a pity not everyone got behind sl because I believe rugby league globally would now be on par with rugby union.
Stacey Jones best kiwis 7 ever
Good game
@Troy Staunton here's a little quiz for you. What do those players have that Stacey doesn't ? When you find the answer to that you'll find the answer to your question.
I think Robbie Paul would equal Stacy Jones in sheer talent as a player
Crazy when you look on paper at how strong this aussie team was and realise it was picked from super league only players. Outside of gene ngamu this was a very talented kiwi team and still we got owned. Having no ridge was a blow but Barnett was probably our best player that night.
It's probably fair to say the SL club season wasn't as interesting as the ARL comp because the Broncos were by far the best team and they won the GF against Cronulla pretty easily too...but from memory the SL rep games were better quality than the ARL. They had far better test matches and also the Tri-Series final between NSW and QLD, NSW won in an extra time which went for over 20 minutes.
The First 24 minutes of the first half was intense Very taught game of Ruby League
David furner wendell sailor had a great game for the Aussie super league kangaroos Anzac test match
Stacy Jones u the man
1997 because the jerseys are super league jerseys
JBSPORTS cool! yes your right on!
@MANCHESTER UNITED get a life you troll
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Instead of talking shit, find yourself an atlas with 240 countries listed in it you boring twat
Laurie Daley give his $20,000 players money rsl
The commentators kept on going on about how good Richie Barnett was, I wonder why they didn't pick Matthew Ridge
He was injured. Otherwise he would have played and would have been the Kiwis captain.
PLAYERS WERE PICKED FROM SUPER LEAGUE TEAMS...
MANLY WAS WITH THE ARL COMP HENCE WHY NO MATTHEW RIDGE...
That is not the Australian test side.They are the Murdoch scabs